Hog-oiling device.



I. W. LEEPER.

HOG 0mm; DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 6, 1915.

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To all whomz't mag concern; y Be it knownthat I, Isaac V8. Luci-ER, a citizen of the United States, residingat Monmouth, in the county of -Warren and State oflllinois,have invented new and useful Improvements in Hog-Oiling Devices, of which the followingis a specificationf This invention relates to a device for use in applying medicinal oils or other medici' nal substances to hogs and pigs, for the purpose of destroylng l1ce and other vernnn'as scab. l

The object of the invention is t-QPITOYlClG well as curing certain complaints, such as a device against whichthe'aniinals rub,

and whereby the, oil, medicinal substance or insecticide will be transferred from a trough or. storage receptacle to the animal, allowing the animal to treat itself when troubled with vermin or complaints of the character mentioned.

u The invention ,consistspof the features of construction, combination and arrangement provide an oblong trough or tank 1, preferably provided with rounded ends 2 and 3, and supported at a desired elevation upon legs or standards 1, said trough being made of metal or other suitable material. The trough is provided with vertical, transverse partitions 5, 6 and 7 The partition 5 forms with the end 3 a chamber7 which is in communication with the intermediate portion or mainchamber 8 of the trough through one or more passages 8, while the partition 7 forms with theend 2 a chamber 9 and the partitions 6 and 7 form an oil storage reservoir 10. The reservoir 10 is in communication with the chambers 7 and 9 byway of a supply or feed pipe 11.

The medicament to be used may be a me dicinal oil or liquidmedicinal substance having the desired properties. This is supplied at intervals to the reservoir. 10 through an inlet 12 normally closed by a cap 13. This reservoir is in communication through a port Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4, 191, Application filed iebruary 6,1915. Serial No. 6,562.

14 with the pipe l l, and the said port 14, v H

substance to the animals comprises an ,elon-.

gated cylindrical roll 17 disposed within the chamber 8 and provided with journals18.

turning in anti-friction bearings 19 in the two partitions 5 ;and 6. A portionlof the} surface of the roller 17 is exposed fOI' COI1-;

tact with the animal, who by rubbing against the same will be coatedwith the oil or medicinal substance. The action of the animal coated surface into position for use. As the roller is mounted to turn freely on antifriction bearings, it is evident that it may be easily turned by contact with the small and weak animals, so that both hogs and pigs may receive treatment. Arranged within the chamber 7 is a spherical roller 20, which is preferably connected with the journal 18 so as to revolve with the roller 17, which roller 20 takes up the medicament from the chamber 7 This roller is preferably provided for the treatment of small animals crowded away from the main roller by larger animals. In addition another roller 21 is preferably mounted in the cham her 9 to turn upon a spindle 22, and which revolves independently of the rollers 17 and 20, but is intended for the same purpose as the roller 20. The supply of the medicament to the several chambers in which these rollers revolve is controlled by means of the valve 15 which may be adjusted to regulate the effective area of the port 14 and to close said port to cut off the outflow of air whenever the reservoir is being refilled through the inlet 12.

. The apparatus is designed for-the purpose manual treatments and receiving the benefits therefrom, it being understood, however,

contacting with the roller causes said roller. to revolve, thus bringing a newly that the device may be disposed in a pen so as to provide a surface against which the animals may rub or scratch, or may be arranged in a gate way and so constructed that animalspassing thereover will be compelled to slide over the rollers, by' which their bodies will be coated with the medicinal substance. Other Ways of employing the device for the purpose described may be I adopted. 7 V

I claim V 1. A device of the character described T com risin a trou h'havin a central com partment, end compartments, and a storage reservoir between said central compartment and one of said end compartments, said compartments being in communication with each other, rollers mounted to revolve in the respective compartments, means for filling the reservo1r, and means for governmg'the flow of themedicament from said reservo1r to the compartments.

' 2A device of the character described comprising a trough having a central compartment, end compartments and a storage reservoir between said central compartment and "one of said end compartments, a supply pipe connecting said compartments, the said central compartment being in direct communication with the other end compartment,

' rollers mounted to revolve in the respective and one of said end compartments, a supply pipe connecting said compartments, the said central compartment being 1n direct communication with the other end compartment,

rollers mounted to revolve in the central compartment and latter-named end compartment and connected for movement in unison, a roller mounted to revolve within the other end compartment, means for filling the reservoir, means governing the flow of the medicament from sald reservo1r to the sald supply plpe.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I. W. LEEPER.

Witnesses:

- J. B. LEWIS,

P. O. BROOKS.

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